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Student of Trinity Electric Sheep One Member # 3431	written Monday, April 11 2005 13:33 Profile #125 Yeah, it should be possible to 'mine' rotating black holes for energy. You could shine light into the ergosphere (not the horizon, but a larger region within which space itself is rotating) and get it to come out with higher frequency than it went in. This doesn't even involve quantum mechanics, and it is pretty non-controversial. The black hole would slowly spin down as a result, so you're not making energy from nothing, just mining a resource. But we're talking about using the black hole as a furnace to consume ordinary matter. This is really a different idea. Probably lots of people have thought about it over a beer, but it could be no-one has taken the trouble to spin it for publication. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 \| Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
Controversial BANNED Member # 5219	written Monday, April 11 2005 13:51 Profile #126 And how do you find the exact location of a black hole? -------------------- You can take my Windows XP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 394 \| Registered: Saturday, November 20 2004 08:00

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Topic: The Universe

Student of Trinity

Electric Sheep One

Member # 3431

written Monday, April 11 2005 13:33 Profile #125

Yeah, it should be possible to 'mine' rotating black holes for energy. You could shine light into the ergosphere (not the horizon, but a larger region within which space itself is rotating) and get it to come out with higher frequency than it went in. This doesn't even involve quantum mechanics, and it is pretty non-controversial. The black hole would slowly spin down as a result, so you're not making energy from nothing, just mining a resource.

But we're talking about using the black hole as a furnace to consume ordinary matter. This is really a different idea. Probably lots of people have thought about it over a beer, but it could be no-one has taken the trouble to spin it for publication.

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It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem.

Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00

Controversial

BANNED

Member # 5219

written Monday, April 11 2005 13:51 Profile #126

And how do you find the exact location of a black hole?

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You can take my Windows XP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse!

Posts: 394 | Registered: Saturday, November 20 2004 08:00